Leon founder Henry Dimbleby's recommendations for an expansion of free school meals, a salt and sugar tax and government action on obesity do not appear to have been taken forward.
A leaked version of the government's new food strategy advises people to eat wild venison as a low-carbon alternative to beef and grow their own cucumbers to save the planet, reports claim.
The 27-page document, due to be officially released on Monday, follows two reports carried out by the co-founder of restaurant chain Leon, Henry Dimbleby, into the UK's food system. His probes into obesity and the environment, commissioned by former environment minister Michael Gove, resulted in recommendations to expand free school meals, impose a long-campaigned for salt and sugar tax, and introduce GP prescriptions for fruit and veg.
But according to a version of the strategy, seen by The Guardian and The Telegraph, these proposals have been ignored in favour of"a statement of vague intentions" - Rob Percival, head of food policy at the Soil Association, said. They include encouraging fish farming, long seen as highly damaging for the environment, increasing consumption of"responsibly sourced venison", food from algae proteins, and producing technology to help cattle produce less methane.Compulsory vegan meal options in schools, prisons and across the public sector also feature alongside animal welfare warnings on restaurant menus - if premises use factory-farmed meat.
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